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Strangury is the painful passage of small quantities of urine which are expelled slowly by straining with severe urgency; it is usually accompanied with the unsatisfying feeling of a remaining volume inside and a desire to pass something that will not pass.
Definitions of the term tend to vary widely.
The pain is attributed to the irritation of urothelium (epithelium lining the urinary tract) and subsequent spasm of muscles. It is seen in numerous urological conditions including the following:
1. Urinary calculus (commonly and especially when a stone is impacted at a vesicouretheral junction)
2. Bladder inflammation (cystitis)
3. Bladder cancer
The pain is felt to arise in the suprapubic region and extend up to the root of the genitalia, and in cases of male patients, up to the tip of the penis.
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